GDT 150 Design for the Internet: Fall 2001
Final Project: Personal Portfolio Site
Due: December 20, 2001
Create a 10+ page portfolio website. The look and feel of the site should match the appropriate level of professionalism and market that you think your work addresses. You should treat this site as a tool with which you will get a job—no fake resumes, no ficticious names, no stolen work.
Pay careful attention to the site architecture. If you need to break up your portfolio into several different categories—such as web, print, and logo—do so, and add subnavigation. Consistent, usable navigation is extremely important. Remember that functionality says as much about your employability and professionalism as the visual design. Don’t include pages that have no content on them. Every page should convince me that you’re a good designer and that I should hire you.
At least two pages must be primarily html text; these can be a resume or design statement. One page must be an explanation of the choices that you made in builing this site. Answer the following questions in short paragraphs (be concise):
- What criteria did you use for determining site architecture?
- How does the overall look and feel convey your style as a designer?
- How did you use the design to create continuity between all the pieces in your portfolio?
- What was your rationale for choosing the colors?
- What was your rationale behind the typography?
All text styling, including link colors, must be controlled through stylesheets. Your resume, if you choose to do a resume, must be treated consistently.
Designs must be appropriate for the web: no wide fixed width designs, no full screen images, well optimized graphics, html used as a design tool whenever possible (no single color graphics where table cells could be used). File sizes/ download time will be taken into account when grading. Webpages must download quickly! Make sure that all pages have titles and that all images have alt tags.
When grading, I will consider:
- Architecture
- Consistent and effective navigation
- Download time/ graphics optimization
- Consistent, professional look and feel
- Text is formatted properly (stylesheets and structural markup)
- Reasonable rationale for design decisions
If you have another idea for a project, and it will meet all the criteria here, feel free discuss it with me.
